Bedstead



July 14, 1925.

L. FRANK BEDSTEAD Filed April 5, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 14, 1925.

L. FRANK BEDSTEAD 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 5, 1924 ATTORNEY BY w64@ Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATE LOUIS FRANK, F FLUSHING, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR-TO GREENPOINT METALLIC BED CO., INC., OE BROOKLYN, NEN Y0RK, A CORPORATION 0F YORK.

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Application filed April -5,

zen of the United States, and a. resident of Flushing, in the county o1 Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new ,and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of

' which the following is `a specification.

The invention pertains mOle particularly to bedsteads of the. class known `as day beds;7 `being capable of `use as a couch or as a bed at will and preferably having an auxiliary slidable section which may be drawn out from themain section to convert the article into a ,double-bed.

It is very desirable that couch beds be equipped with head .and foot frames, and one of the 4purposes of my inyention is to provide a .bed of this character having head and foot frames yand .of a construction which does not impair the utility ,of the article either as a .couch or as a single-bed or .as a double-bed, but embraces head and Vfoot frames which may be readily applied to and removed from the main bed-section without disturbing said section, said head ,and foot 'frames being Vapplied to said bed-section when the conveniences thereof :and a bedeifect .are desired and removed therefrom and laid aside when a couch and nonbedeffect ,are wanted. A further purpose of my invention is to provide `means whereby the head and toot frames will be so connected with the bed-section that they will resist accidental displacement, and further my invention embraces means for securing ,the

head and foot frames in a manner to avoid f looseness thereof.

The removability of the head and foot frames y.oi the bed is also desirable for convenience in storing or lshipping the beds, and also in that thereby head and foot `frames of varied character or design may be provided to meet 'the demands or 'wishes oic purchasers.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being fha-d to the accompanying drawings, which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse section through a bedstead .embodying my invention, the slidafble mattress section being shown its extended vposi-tion Aand the section being taken on the dotted line 1-1 .of Fig. 3;

192A. Serial No. 704,313.

Fig. 2. is Aa transverse section lthroipgdi end portion of ,the same, taken o n the .dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Y

Fig. 3 is .a vertical longitudinal section, Y

through a portion of the lbedstead, taken on the ydotted line .of Fig. 1 y Y Fig. 4 is .an enlarged view of a portion .of one of .the ,permanent cornerflegs of the bedstead and a portion of one of the .end posts oi" a head or foot frame and illustrates the means for seen-ring the head or foot frame to the leg members vof :the bedstead, the latch being shownin its operative position by full lines and in its releasing position by dotted lines; a Y

Fig. 5 is `a vertical section through ,the same, taken on ,the dotted line 5.-.5 of Fig. e, and

Fig. .6 is a transverse lsection through the same, taken .on the dotted line Y 6-6 O Fig. 4.

in the drawings, 10 indicates .the main mattress section .of the bedstead, and-11 the sliding section thereof, said main section having at each end an upper Atransverse `lbar 12 and corner legsl 1e, which ysupport the main mattress section. The end frames Yof the main mattress section 1-0 are connected by front and rear longitudinal rails 1 5 :of angle-iron shape, and upon these Ifals ad,- jacent .to the .ends ofthe bedstead are-mounted transverse tramway bars 16. A-wire abric 17 is stretched between the upper end bars 12, as usual.

The slid-ing section 11 is formed with end rails 18 and outer supporting legs 19, ,and at its inner @longitudinal portion said :section 11 is provided with depending arms 2 0 which are forked -at their lower ends and are adapted to ride upon the tramw-ay ,bars 16 during `the inward ,and outward adjustment ofV the section 11. The bedstead or couch composed of the :main and :auxiliary sections 10, 11, so far as I have described the same, is of know-n .type and may be of the construction shown, `for illust-ration, in the patent of Mallet, November Li, 1902, No. 712,718, o r of Leighton A dated February 1 2, 1901, No. 667,916.

The purpose of my invention is ,to convert the couch or bedstead hereinbefore described into a yday-bed, and .to that end I provide the ends of the main section 10 with head and foot frames 21 of varied design, said head and foot frames 21 being attachable to and removable from the end frames of the main section 10 without lifting or otherwise disturbing said section, and the presence of said frames 21 imparting to said bed section 10 a bed-eifect, as distinguished from a couch effect. The head and foot frames 21 each have vertical corner post members 22, an upper transverse connecting bar 23, a lower transverse connecting rail 24 and vertical rods or members 25 connecting the upper bar 23 and lower rail 24. The corner post members 22 of the head and foot frames will preferably be of square tubing and of the same spacing apart as the legs 14 of the main mattress section 10, and said post members 22 when in position will lie against and conceal the outer transverse faces of the legs 14, which legs'support the main mattress section and are of angle iron forma* tion, as shown in Fig. 6. It is essential that the head and foot frames 21 shall be capable l of ready application to the end frames of the couch and ofl convenient removal therefrom so that said head and foot frames may be employed or not, as the obcasion may require. It is also essential that the head and foot frames 21 shall remain in position on the ends of the couch at any time a person might take hold of the top of a head or foot frame and lift it for the purpose of shifting the couch into some different posi Yshanks 27 are formed with shoulders 29 tion. I have, therefore, in accordance with my invention, provided special means for attaching the head and foot frames 21 to the angle iron legs 14 of the couch, and in carrying out my invention I secure tcthe post members 22 of tho head and foot frames downwardly pointed metal hooks 26 whose Shanks 27 extend horizontally through the opposite walls of the post members 22, as

shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and are riveted or upset at their outer ends, as at 23, so as to firmly and accurately secure the hooks 26 in place. At, their outer end portions the which engage the inner surfaces of the outer walls of the post members, and adjacent the inner ends of said shanksthe hook members 26 are formed with shoulders 30 to engage the outer surfaces of the inner walls of the post membersA 22, the engagement of the shoulders 29, 30 with the post members serving, with the. upsetting of the outer ends of the shanks 23, to securely fasten the hooks in position with relation to the vposts 22. The hook members 26 at their inner edges are formed with downwardly and outwardly inclined or wedge surfaces 31 which act at the proper time to draw the head and foot frames toward and against the legs 14. The only parts of the fastening devices secured to the head and foot frames 21 are the hook members 26.

The angle iron legs 14are formed in their transverse flanges with vertical slots 32 which are sufficiently deep to permit the ver-A tical length of the hook members "26to be freely' inserted through them, said hook 32, at which time the downward movement' cf the head and foot frames will cease and said frames will be supported by the shoulders of the hook members 26 on lower walls of' the slots When the hook members 2 are being slid downwardly by the lowering of the head and foot frames, after said hook members have been inserted through the slots 32, the inclined edges 31 of the hook members serve to draw the post members of the head and foot frames against the Vtransverse flanges of the legs 14.

Above the slots 32 the legs 14 have pivoted on the inner faces of the transverse flanges thereof the latches 34, said latches each being a fiat plate pivoted at its upper end by Y a rivet 35 to the transverse flange of the leg 14 and having a lower' end shoulder 36 and a vertical shoulder 3i" to respectively engage the upper edge and side face of a hook member 26, as shown in Fig. 4, said latch also having a finger piece 38 and a rounded inner corner 39. When the latch 34 is turned downwardly over a hook member 26 it will be obvious that the hook member will be .locked in the lower end of the slot 32 of the leg 14 and that the end frame carrying the hook will be locked in its lower position, beL ing that shown in Fig. 3. When a head or foot frame is in position against a pair of end legs 14 of the couch and is secured to said legs by the hook members 26 and latches 34, the hook members are vertically below the rivets 35 securing the latches and any upward lifting of the end frame 21 would result in the couch section being lifted from the floor, 'instead of the end frame being lifted from the couch. i

Each post member 22 of the head and foot frames is provided with the hook member 26 and each corner leg 14 of the couch is provided in its transverse flange with a. vertical slot 22, and above this slot each leg 14 is provided with the pivoted latch 34. Vhen it is desired to apply an end frame 21 to the head or foot legs'of the couch, the latches 34 on said Vlegs will be turned outwardly vto the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the hook members of the frame 21 will be inserted through the lslots 32 of said legs and the end frame be turned downwardly to their operative relation to the hooks 26, this resulting in the end frame being securely fastened to the end of the couch. The end frame may be readily removed from the couch by turning the latches 34 outwardly to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4 and then lifting the end frame to place the hooks 26 in line with the slots 32 and then withdrawing the end frame 21 outwardly for the purpose of retiring the hooks through said slots 32, thereby leaving the couch in its original couch condition. The upper edges of the hooks 26 are straight, as at 40, Fig. 5, so that when the hooks are applied to or removed from the slots 32, said edges 40 may have an easy sliding movement along the upper walls of the slots. rThe linger-hold 38 on each latch -34 is provided to facilitate the manual operation of the latches, and the rounded corner 39 at the lower end of the latch is to facilitate the passage of the latch closely over vthe upper flat surface 40 of the Vhook 26.

TWith the use of my invention the well known couch, whether or not provided with a slidable section 11, may be conveniently transformed into a day bed, by the application thereto of the head and foot frames 21, both of which, by preference, will be of the same height, and the post members 22 of which will extend downwardly to within about three-eighths of an inch above the floor, thereby concealing the transverse flanges of the` couch legs 14 and causing the couch to have the appearance of a bed. The fastening devices comprising the hooks 26 on the end frames 21 and the latches A34 on said legs above the slots 32, are, when the parts have been assembled, concealed at t-he front of the bed by the longitudinal flanges of the legs 14.

The fastening devices designed by me have prove-n to be particularly efficient and desirable and it will be obvious that said.

devices are inexpensive of manufact-ure and capable of ready application to the legs of the couch and the post members of the head and foot frames, respectively.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A convertible couch and day bed comprising a couch having upper end bars connected by a spring fabric, corner supporting legs of angle iron formation in cross section and longitudinal rails, the transverse flanges of said legs having vertical slots therein and said legs having pivote-d latches adjacent to said slots, and head and foot frames of bedstead type detachably applied to and supported by lthe ends of said couch, said frames having vertical post members to lie against the transverse flanges of said legs and provided on their sides'facing said flanges with hooks adapted to pass through said slots and seat on the lower edges thereof and said latches being adapted to confine said hooks within said slots.

2. A convertible couch and day bed as claimed in` claim 1, in which said latches are pivoted at their upper ends against the inner faces o-f the transverse flanges of said legsl and are adapted at their lower ends to engage the upper edges of said hooks when the hooks are seated at the lower ends of said slots.

3. A convertible couch and day bed as claimed in claim 1, in which said latches are pivoted at their upper ends against the inner faces of the transverse flanges of said legs and have at their ends a transverse shoulder and anV adjacent vertical shoulder to respectively engage the upper edge and side of said hooks when the hooks are seated at the lower ends of said slots.

Signedrv at Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, this 29th day of March A. D. 1924.

LOUIS FRANK. 

